Chapter 2601 () I just can’t find it°
The one on the western outskirts of Guixu City has long since been destroyed and turned into a high-end commercial district filled with steel and broken eaves and broken walls of various buildings. Several hundred meters underground, the shelter transformed from the underground black market is still there.
Running stably.
However, not long after Annie left, before noon, in the beautiful villa with a garden and ecological forest hundreds of meters underground, the man in the beautiful villa was wearing a gorgeous tight skirt, with an expression on his face.
Hong Yanrong, the leader of the underground black market and shelter, who is a gorgeous woman with heroic spirit and piercing eyes like an eagle, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"come to me!"
After she quickly operated on a holographic interface that popped up on her bracelet and said something like this to a dialog box, not long after, a young man in uniform strode up to her and stood at attention carefully.
Salute.
"how was it?"
"The reconnaissance drones sent out, those little things, have they found the abandoned mine that the little girl mentioned?"
After picking up a bottle of some kind of orange liquid on the table and taking a sip, Hong Yanrong's cold and elegant tone began to echo in her luxurious villa. Although it sounded a bit coquettish, it made her
One cannot help but feel awe.
Although the city on the ground is now in ruins and there are many demons wandering and entrenched inside, the people in their shelter cannot get out, and the individual aircraft cannot push away the at least dozens of monsters on the top.
Thousands of tons of steel and building ruins were lifted into the sky, but they still had small reconnaissance drones.
Therefore, after learning about the spaceship from Annie last night, she immediately asked her men to investigate in the morning, hoping to confirm the location of the spacecraft and study the future breakout route.
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But now, after waiting patiently for nearly two hours, she finally couldn't wait any longer and couldn't wait to know the result.
"Report to the eldest lady!"
"Although we successfully dispatched drones,"
But what, that young man in charge of technology, that technician didn’t know what to say.
Then, there was a trace of shame and fear on his face at first, but in the end, he just had no choice but to bite the bullet and quickly turned on the holographic projection device of a certain terminal device he brought.
"The situation is a bit strange!"
"My subordinate feels..."
"Would you rather take a look for yourself first?"
Then, the holographic projection screen showed several images taken by drones flying.
At the beginning, they first penetrated the ruins dexterously, and then carefully and quickly shuttled between the ruined steel buildings with fire or smoke, and tried their best to avoid the activities of subspace demons.
area and collected data from several directions while flying resolutely towards the mountainous area to the west of the city.
Unfortunately, before they could completely leave the outskirts of the city, they were discovered by the subspace demons one after another, and then shot down in various ways, and the pictures were lost one by one.
But fortunately, one of them managed to survive in the end, and escaped from the ruined city area with the most subspace demons without any risk, and flew from a green forest and a somewhat deserted farm outside the city to the mountains in the west where there are fewer demons.
among.
However……
After a while, when the condescending high-definition lens came to the mountains and finally settled on the so-called abandoned mine, all she saw was a messy storage yard, which seemed to be completely normal.
?
Then, when the drone slowly lowered its altitude to prepare for close-range scanning, an accident happened.
"Well?"
"what happened?"
"Why did the screen suddenly disappear?"
"The situation doesn't look like being attacked by a demon, does it?"
So, when she saw that all the drones were wiped out and all the pictures disappeared, Hong Yanrong just frowned slightly and discovered something was wrong, and then she focused on questioning her subordinate.
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At this time, in addition to the unconcealable surprise in her voice, there was also a hint of unspeakable anxiety.
"Yes!"
"That's true!"
"If it was destroyed by a demon attack, it wouldn't look like that. Moreover, when we were preparing to lower the altitude, we didn't find any demons or signs of being attacked until the last frame."
"so……"
"After analysis, our technical department believes that that place should have been interfered with."
"Whether it is optical or lidar scanning, it is completely impenetrable. Our equipment only observed an abandoned warehouse. Once the height is lowered, the equipment will directly lose control, and image and data transmission will be immediately suspended!"
"A suspension of being shut down and taking control by force, not being destroyed!"
"Someone is using advanced camouflage technology to carefully cover that area."
"It should be the spaceship that the little girl mentioned. This also proves that they do have that kind of stealth technology. In this way, quietly landing or quietly taking off to escape should not be a problem."
Nodding, although the man still didn't know the specific reason, that didn't prevent him from making a summary based on the information they learned from the leader and coming up with a conclusion they thought was more reliable.
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Unfortunately, Hong Yanrong's brows were still furrowed, as if he was not satisfied with the technician's report.
For almost three months, she and her men have been hiding underground in this city that is being ravaged and destroyed by warp demons. All this time, they have been like wild beasts trapped in a dark and narrow tunnel.
Generally, we have no idea when the light ahead will come.
At this time, in this kind of ghost place, every moment she stays, she will be in danger for another moment. That is a terrifying fact without a doubt!
She really doesn't want to stay in this underground shelter for a moment now, even though her current living and living conditions are still very comfortable, and there is not much difference compared with before the catastrophe!
So, after being silent and thinking for a while, Hong Yanrong thought about it, gritted his teeth and continued to order:
"go!"
"Keep sending drones!"
"if it is possible"
“I hope to connect with people there!”
"The sooner the better!"
Yes, Hong Yanrong wanted to get past Annie and directly contact the spaceship and the people on it, and get to the spaceship as early as possible, because only in that way could her safety be guaranteed!
There is an old saying: Prevent misfortune in advance so as not to hurt your feelings later. Act with caution and know how. If a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, how can he take it easy?
And now, this refuge is under the "dangerous wall", and those large-scale subspace demons entrenched in the city, those demons that have almost slaughtered hundreds of millions of citizens, are just a few hundred meters away from her.
The place was moving, like a sword of Damocles hanging above her head, which made her panic all day long and almost reached the point where she could not sleep or eat well!
Anyway, right now, she just wants to find the spaceship that the little girl Annie talked about and escape from this doomsday planet as soon as possible.
No matter how bad it is, running to that spaceship and waiting for evacuation at any time is better than waiting here for the little girl who doesn't know whether she will really come back to pick her up!
"this!"
"Absolutely not!"
"Miss, yesterday's battles and explosions not far from the ground, as well as the drones we just released, have attracted many demons. Now they are wandering around above us. If we release unmanned detection equipment again,
If they do, I'm afraid they will find the entrance to our underground shelter!"
"My subordinates think"
"It's best for us to wait for a while before making any plans?"
Fortunately, the young technician knew the importance and was responsible, so he did not follow blindly, but quickly continued to dissuade him carefully.
"..."
Opening her mouth, Hong Yanrong wanted to yell a few words and order the other party to do as she said.
However, fortunately, her reason allowed her to hold back.
Because, once the devil discovers this place, she will most likely lose the chance to escape completely. In that case, she will really be dead, which is not what she wants to see.
"asshole!"
"Is it possible that I'm going to be trapped and die here?"
Therefore, Hong Yanrong, who had controlled some kind of dementia impulse, had to bite the silver teeth and slap the table hard and sighed bitterly.
But there is no point in hating!
Now the city above the shelter has been turned into ruins. Countless people, including some whose status is no less than hers, have died, and more people are dying slowly. The subspace demons are in the city above.
She was reveling in the carnival and staring maliciously at any living person who dared to show up. No matter how unwilling she was, it was useless. Apart from hiding honestly underground and making as little noise as possible, she really didn't do anything.
There is no way.
It was a kind of frustration that she, who had always been arrogant, could not accept and could not express in words. At the same time, it was also a kind of despair that made her feel deeply frightened.
But Zhigui knew that right now she had no other choice but to continue waiting.
At least for now, they can still hide like mice and hope that the little girl Annie will do what the other party said and let the spaceship wait for her, giving her a glimmer of hope to escape and survive.
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"never mind!"
"You go down first!"
With so many thoughts in her mind, the woman Hong Yanrong finally put down the cup and waved her hand dejectedly, indicating that the subordinate could retreat.
Then, she slowly stood up in the room, turned to the other side, and turned on a certain device, causing another holographic image to appear in her study.
It was a 3D holographic image of this underground black market shelter. All the structures, including the two entrances and exits, and the dense red life signals were displayed in front of her, allowing her to control this only remaining area anytime and anywhere.
"..."
However, looking at this masterpiece that she was extremely proud of three months ago, Hong Yanrong's face is now very ugly, and she does not hide the sadness and solemnity on it. She has lost any of her past complacency or dignity.
Other moods.
In fact, she had received some news a long time ago, and she knew that the high-level psykers on this planet were in contact with certain dangerous subspaces, which seemed to be the god called 'Khorne', and she began to work among the psykers.
To promote a certain sect?
At the beginning, she didn't take that kind of thing to heart!
One is because she is not a psychic. Even though she has a lot of status, power and money, she is not accepted by those people without psychic talent, so she does not know much, even if she is a psychic.
There's no point taking it to heart.
Furthermore, there are so many weird sects and cults in this tiny star system, and it is not unusual for senior psykers to organize and build a small group of their own.
But no idea...
After all, she misjudged the severity of the situation. She never dared to think that those high-ranking psykers and the so-called elites would all go crazy?!
She still remembered that one day three months ago, when she was at the top of her business empire, when she saw with her own eyes those terrifying energy tides sweeping across the entire planet, and saw countless subspace rifts appearing in every corner of the city.
, when she saw those twisted and hateful subspace demons pouring out crazily and starting to slaughter every living person they met, and then making the whole city boil almost instantly, she was frightened, and
He had no choice but to hide here in embarrassment with his subordinates immediately.
And now!
Although she is still the leader of an underground shelter, with many subordinates, financial resources and influence, due to the sudden disaster, she was forced to huddle like a mouse in this small underground black market and there was nothing she could do.
No?
That kind of thing, that feeling of powerlessness, of course made her very angry, and at the same time very frightened and helpless.
"..."
So, after thinking about it, she became annoyed, so she zoomed out the 3D map, marked the area where the shelter was located and the abandoned mine in the mountains to the west, and began to use computer-aided calculations to calculate the distance between the two.
Shortest distance and optimal route of travel.
And it is self-evident that she wanted to do something by doing this.
"Miss..."
"I think we should wait a little longer?"
At this time, an old man with a somewhat thin face and a thin figure, but he seemed to be in his sixties or seventies, with a kind-hearted look, came out and sighed and whispered a word of advice.
He is a direct subordinate of Hong Yanrong and plays the role of her butler. He used to be the general manager of the family's black market, but after Hong Yanrong hid here, he naturally became her deputy.
"wait?"
Hearing this, Hong Yanrong was startled for a moment, then sarcastically said without looking back:
"Uncle Du!"
"What are you waiting for?"
"Waiting to die?"
After saying that, Hong Yanrong frowned and ignored the old man she called "Uncle Du", but continued to operate the 3D holographic map with her fingers.
"snort!"
"I'll send out the drone again in two days."
"anyway!"
"We must get in touch with the people on that spacecraft as soon as possible!"
But after thinking about it, she still explained this to the old man in a low voice through gritted teeth, and reiterated her attitude that she would not give up easily.
"But!"
"Now those demons are wandering and searching up there. They are very cunning and cruel..."
"I think……"
"For your safety, it's best for us to be honest and peaceful during this period?"
The old man seemed to know the urgency of the matter, but he still continued to walk slowly to Hong Yanrong's side and persuaded her gently with a wry smile on his face.
"I know!"
"But we have no choice, that is the only life-saving straw!"
It can be seen that Hong Yanrong does not seem to be planning to change his mind.
"Uncle Du!"
"It has been almost three months. We have been trapped here with no way to go to heaven or earth. If we don't seize this opportunity and wait for them to leave this city, then we will really have no choice but to sit back and wait for death!"
To be honest, when the little girl Annie said yesterday that there was a spaceship, Hong Yanrong immediately encouraged her to break out with her without hesitation. However, her attitude was very firm and she really had no choice.
But now, without knowing whether the other party will really keep his promise and come back to give me a lift, I take the initiative, contact him and find an opportunity to leave the city before the other party leaves, and use all my energy to break out.
Apart from asking the other party to bring her and her people with him, she could not think of any better way.
"But"
Hearing this, the old man frowned and wanted to continue to say something.
"okay!"
Unfortunately, Hong Yanrong waved her hand to stop him.
"I'm tired, you should go out first!"
"rest assured!"
"I know what's appropriate!"
The stern-faced woman turned around and spoke coldly.
"..."
The old man hesitated, as if he still wanted to give a few more words of advice.
"go out!"
"immediately!"
Unfortunately, Hong Yanrong didn't give him a chance, but gave him a stern and fierce look.
"yes……"
As a last resort, the old man named Du nodded, sighed with regret, turned around and walked out.
"..."
After the other party left and the door of the room was gently closed, Hong Yanrong once again looked at the holographic 3D structure image of the shelter.
The shelter is so large that she designed it into a shadow-like underground city just like the original commercial district above. Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people without feeling crowded at all.
The top of it is a thick metal dome and reinforced concrete. Once closed, it can withstand the bombardment of various heavy weapons and explosive equipment, buying enough time for the people hiding below.
For this black market shelter with enough space and various equipment inside, under the worst circumstances, it can provide a life for hundreds of thousands of people here for a year or more.
This is the underground market that the Hong family built ten years ago. It was originally prepared only for carrying out some secret commercial activities. It was never planned to be used as a refuge, but... what she didn't expect was
, this doomsday came so suddenly and so quickly, that even she was trapped here.
Since concealment and blocking inspections have to be considered before, its protective capabilities are of course very good, but no matter how good the defense is, it is useless!
Because, from Hong Yanrong's perspective, this shelter was like a crystal coffin. If they didn't find a way to leave quickly, they would eventually die here.
"..."
Why……
Looking at the various data on the black market shelter, and then zooming out and looking at the general appearance of the ruined city above the shelter, Hong Yanrong couldn't help but sigh softly again, with a lot of thoughts in her heart, and she didn't know what to do.
Just do it.
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Chapter completed!